tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13687987.post3707665568299305347..comments2010-07-23T19:58:16.648-07:00Comments on For me, the bells toll: The Twistrashhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14387372889963120336noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13687987.post-31902055834892245162007-05-02T05:21:00.000-07:002007-05-02T05:21:00.000-07:00Reading this interview of Alain Resnais (conducted...Reading this <A HREF="http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_m1285/is_11_29/ai_57590217" REL="nofollow">interview </A>of Alain Resnais (conducted in the context of his fabulous film "Same old song") leaves me a little sad and frankly perplexed. The indifference shown by Resnais to film making is shocking. He appears detached from any emotions that indelibly accompany the making of a film. To the question, "What drove you to make a film?", he answers "I am never driven. Every film I've made has been an assignment." Later on in the interview, he comments "I never had any special appetite for filmmaking, but you have to make a living and it is miraculous to earn a living working in film." How is it then, in the absence of passion, his films are still fascinating studies? I guess the answer lies in commitment, but I still find it hard to accept. It also reminds me of Ritwik Ghatak who had a similar albeit probably milder detached disposition towards film and is said to have <A HREF="http://www.sensesofcinema.com/contents/directors/03/ghatak.html" REL="nofollow">remarked</A> that it is the capability of reaching the masses that draws him towards cinema and if some other medium came along that offered him more coverage, he would embrace that.ashhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14387372889963120336noreply@blogger.com